Clothes-cabinet.



W. D. BAKER.

CLOTHES CABINET,

APPLIGATION I'ILED MAR. 31. 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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CLOTHES CABINET.

APPLIOATION I'ILED MAR. 31, 1910.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. WILLAED D. BAKER, OF RO'ERS, iARKAIlSAS,ASSIGQR OF ONE-HALF TO J. W.

` BOBINSON, OF ROGERS, AEKANSAS.

CLOTHES-CABINET.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD'D. BAKEB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rogers, in the county of Benton and State 'panying drawing,and the invention consists n certain novel features of the same, as willbe hereinafter fully pointed out.

In the drawings, Figure. 1 is a sectional elevation of a cabinetembodyin'g m'y invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View with the top removed andthe walls shown in horizontal section, and showing both the closed. andopenvpositions of the device. Fig; 3 .is a detal pers ctive view of theswinging brackets an their connections.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a cabinet 1 which may be of anydesired size and which may have only a single compartment or ina haveany number of com'-` partments, the rawing showing the cabinet asprovided with two compartments separated by a partition 2, whichpartition, however, extends downward from the top or roof of the cabinetonly so far as is necessary to provide a proper support for the swingingackets.

'When the cabinet is intended for domestc, orfifamily use, the doors 3will be provided only on one side, as illustrated in the 'drawings, butwhen the apparatus is set up within a mercantile establishment, thecabinet may be extended 'the full length of the store-room and providedwith doors on both sides 'if arranged in the center of the store, orwith a closed back when arranged against the wall of the store-room.

The body of the cabinet ma be given any desired ornamental finish an inthe drawings, I have illustrated a 'panel 4-at one end .while the oposite end is shown as closed to set against the end wall ofand adaptea. room. The doors 3 may be likewise constructed with panele for thepurposes of Speciflcation of Letters Patent.- e Patented Aug. 30, 1910.I Application filed Iarch 31, 1910. Serial Ho 552,?38.

ornamentation and each door is connected with the end walls 5 or acentral parting strip 6 'by hinges 7 so that they may Swing outward andwhen in their fully opened position will project outward in the sameplane with the end wall or the intermedate partitions. Upon the endwalls and the partitions, I secure supporting plates 7 having eyes orprojections 8 at various points alon their length adapted to receive thepvotalends 9 of brackets 10.

These projections 8 are 'spaced at` equal distances a 'art and thesupporting plates are arrange in pairs with the said projectionsarranged vertically one over the other. The brackets 10 consist of avertical pivot or hinge member 11 having its ends engaging theprojections 8 of the supportin bars, as

shown most clearly 'in Fi 3', an zontal arm 12 pro ecting rom the pivot11 near the upper en' of the same and connected with the said pivotmember by' an oba hori-' liquely-disposed bra'ce 13 extending from thelower portion of the pivot member to 'the outstanding arm andmerginginto said arm near the outer end of the same. A link 14;

is shown, hinged or pivoted to the door by means of an eye 15, extendinginward from the door over the swngin brackets and havin its inner endprovi ed with a longituinallydisposed slot 16 adapted to engage a pin 17which projects from the 1nnermost bracket and is bent on itself so as toextend over the link and thereby prevent accidental disengagement of thesame.

The several swingin brackets are proend adapted to engage the swingingbracket in advance of that bracket engaged by its' slotted' end; Theforemost link 4 is hinged or pivotally connected to the door, as shown-at 22', and the several links are thus con-.

Ivided with pins 18 pro ecting upward near their free ends and thesepins are engaged by theslotted ends 19 of 'links 20, each of which linkshas an eye 21 at its unslotted` inks 20 so that they will be pushedinward and the front ends` of the Slots therein will be caused to act'on the pins rising from the brackets, and the brackets consequentlyswun'g toward the back of the cabinet. The long link 14 will facilitatethe closing of the door as it will i brackets will be caused to Swingwhen the' v against the garments door is either opened or closed, sothat when it is desired to inspect Clothing or to withdraw anyparticular garment, the brackets will be brou ht into position for readyinspection of t e Clothes hung thereon by the o ening of the door. Atthe same time, the pin and slot connection of the brackets with thelinks permits sutficient lost motion to enable 'any one bracket to bemoved independently of the others after the door has been opened, sothat any one suit or garment may be withdrawn from its particularbracket without causing undue wear or rubbing on the 'adjacent brackets.The long upper link 14: may be dispensed with and the opening andclosing movement' transmitted to the brackets 'through the shorter links20 alone, but I prefer to employ the upper long link as the swinging ofthe' brackets inward will then be accomplished more expeditiously andwith less rubbing of the garments thereon than would otherwise be thecase.

It will be readily appreciated that a cabinet provided with swngingbrackets such as I have described, will permit a large number ofgarments to be compactly-stored and rotected against dust and will be,thereore, of 'articular benefit to large clothing steres t the sametime, its advantages will be read'ily appreciated for household' use,and the cabinet may be made in sizes to accommodate either application.,

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying d'awings, the advanta es of the Construction and of themethod o o eration will be readily apparent to those sklled in the artto which 'the invention appertains, and while I have described theprnciple of operation of the invention, together with the device which Inow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claimsappended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and clesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is e 1. The combination with a cabinet, and aswinging door therefor, of a' plurality of' brackets pivotally mountedon a wall of the cabinet, a pitnan hinged to the door and having a lostmotion connection with one of the brackets, and connections between theseveral brackets.

2. The combination 'with a cabinet, and a swinging door therefor, of a'plurality of `brackets pivotally mounted within the cabinet and havingupstanding pins near their free ends, links pivotally engaging the pinson some of the brackets and having slotted connections with the pins onthe adjacent brackets, a link connecting the front bracket with thedoor, and a second link extending over all the brackets and connectingthe rear bracket with the door.

3. The combination with a cabinet, and a swinging door therefor, of aplurality of brackets pivotally mounted within the cabinet and havingupstanding pins near their 'the several brackets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy sgna ture in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLARD D. BAKER.

Witnesses:

IRA D. SWEARINGEN,- FRED W. BARNE'IT.

